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...have confidence that inmates will serve their full terms, according to the study commission's co-chairman, AthensSuperiorCourt Judge Lawton Stephens. Currently, state Department of Corrections officials estimate the average inmate serves...

...crime has been dropping nationally specifically because of longer sentences. Howard's commission, chaired by AthensSuperiorCourt Judge Lawton Stephens and Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, is supposed to expire at the end of this...